Fort Rouille was built in 1720 and served the French until 1759. The fort was the last fort to be built in Toronto and served a big role for the French during the fur trade. For those of you who don’t know what the fur trade is it was a huge part in Canada's history. In the fur trade the French and British fought and even killed each other just to trade with the natives. They traded goods like iron tools muskets and ammo and many other things to help the natives
The wording on the monument of Fort Rouille
Description: Fort Rouille was an armed French trading post that was made for about ten soldiers who slept in the barracks. There were also a few traders, also civilians lived outside of the fort. Fort Rouille is more commonly known …show more content…
It was also used to intercept the natives that were going across to trade with the british so the french could get more …show more content…
the walls are 180 feet on all sides if you include the bastons. Inside there were five buildings, a storehouse, a barracks which is where the soldiers slept. There was also a smithy which is where the blacksmith worked, a building for the officers and a corps de garde which was the guard house. The entrance faced south so it was facing lake Ontario and there was a path that lead to the lake. It was also built prior [before] the French and Indian war.
A drawing of Fort Rouille
Important Events: Fort Rouille was constructed in 1720 and twenty years later after it was damaged because of harsh winters and bad weather they restored it [fixed it up] with new wood and then in 1759 they burned it down when fort Niagara was attacked by the british. The reason they burned it down was because they knew they could not withstand an attack because it was not made for an army, only for a small amount of soldiers. The construction was ordered by Marquis de la Jonquiere who was governor of France at the time, and the fort was named after Antoine louis Rouille.
A portrait of Marquis de la
The wording on the monument of Fort Rouille
Description: Fort Rouille was an armed French trading post that was made for about ten soldiers who slept in the barracks. There were also a few traders, also civilians lived outside of the fort. Fort Rouille is more commonly known …show more content…
It was also used to intercept the natives that were going across to trade with the british so the french could get more …show more content…
the walls are 180 feet on all sides if you include the bastons. Inside there were five buildings, a storehouse, a barracks which is where the soldiers slept. There was also a smithy which is where the blacksmith worked, a building for the officers and a corps de garde which was the guard house. The entrance faced south so it was facing lake Ontario and there was a path that lead to the lake. It was also built prior [before] the French and Indian war.
A drawing of Fort Rouille
Important Events: Fort Rouille was constructed in 1720 and twenty years later after it was damaged because of harsh winters and bad weather they restored it [fixed it up] with new wood and then in 1759 they burned it down when fort Niagara was attacked by the british. The reason they burned it down was because they knew they could not withstand an attack because it was not made for an army, only for a small amount of soldiers. The construction was ordered by Marquis de la Jonquiere who was governor of France at the time, and the fort was named after Antoine louis Rouille.
A portrait of Marquis de la